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No. 370,086. Patented-Sept. 20, 1887.

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lJNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH L. QUIGLEY, OF MIL\VAUKEE, VISOON SIN, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO GEORGE N. BRESSLER, OF LONG PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA,AND GEORGE J. PILGER, OF MILXVAUKEE, NVISOONSIN.

HAME AND COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,086, datedSeptember 20, 1887.

Application filed November 11, 1886. Serial No. 218,548.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, HUGH L. QUIGLEY, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of \Visconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Hanie and Collar Fasteners; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters orI figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in a certain hame and collarfastenerifor which Letters Patent of the United States, N 0. 290,661,

were granted to John F. Becker December 25, 1883; and it pertains moreespecially to the construction and arrangement of the locking spring andcatch and to the loops or keepers formed on the clasps for the receptionof the snap-hook of a pole-strap, &c., and also to certain changes inthe construction, whereby certain parts heretofore cast in separatepieces are now cast in the same piece with the clasps. My invention isexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1represents a top view of the two clasps embodying my inventioninterlocked together. Figs. 2 and3 represent the interlocking ends ofthe two clasps shown in Fig. 1 detached from each other. Fig. 4represents a longitudinal section of the two clasps interlockedtogether, and Fig. 5 represents a bottom view of the two claspsinterlocked together.

Like parts are represented by the same reference-letters throughout theseveral views.

The clasp A is provided with dovetail grooves 13 B for the reception ofthe downweirdly-projecting dovetail tongues G O of clasp D, and theclasp D is provided with a dovetail groove, E, for the reception of thedovetail tongue F, while the recesses G G in clasp A are formed for thereception of the shoulders H H, and the recesses I I in clasp D areformed 5 for the reception of the shoulders J J of the clasp A. As thusfar described, the tongues and grooves and the recesses and shouldersare formed and interlocked together, substantially as shown anddescribed in said patent. By my improvement the clasp D is provided (Nomodel.)

with an overlapping plate, K, through which an aperture, a, is formedfor the reception of the keeper 1), formed on the clasp A, whereby thestrain heretofore borne alone by the tongues and grooves is partiallysustained by said keeper 1) and plate K. The keeper 1) is provided withan aperture, 0, for the reception of the snap-hook of a pole strap.WVhen a snap hook is inserted in said aperture 0, it prevents allliability of the clasps becoming disengaged.

M M are holes formed in the clasps for the reception of rivets, by whichsaid clasps are secured to the collar.

N N are loops for the reception of the hamestraps, by which the hamesare secured to the collar.

0 is a loop for the reception of a martingalestrap.

\Vhen the two clasps A and D are interlocked together, as shown in Figs.1, 4, and 5, they are prevented from disengaging by the sliding bolt A,which is supported in retaining-ways B B beneath the upper wall of theclasp D, and it engages in a recess, 0', formed for it in the clasp A,whereby said clasps are securely 7 5 locked together. D is a spring bywhich said bolt is automatically thrown into the locking position assaid clasps are interlocked together.

E is a knob or finger-piece, which is rigidly affixed to the bolt A, andby which said bolt is drawn back out of the locking position whendesirous to disengage said clasps.

I am aware of the device shown in Patent No. 290,661, of John F. Becker,hereinabove referred to, in which the plate K is formed in aseparatepiece from the clasp D,an'd is secured thereto by a bolt, and the keeperb is formed in a separate piece from the clasp A, and is also secured tosaid clasp by a bolt, while by my improvements the part referred to asplate K is cast in the same piece with the clasp D, and the partreferred to as keeper 1) is cast in the same piece with clasp A, wherebythe bolts heretofore used for connecting such parts are dispensed with,and a much more substantial 5 fastening is provided. In said Beckerspatent the bolt-retaining recess 0 is also formed in another separatepiece from the keeper 1), and is secured to the clasp by a bolt, whileby my improvement such part is also cast in the loo same piece with theclasp, and the retainingbolt is dispensed with. In my device the keeperb extends, when locked, through the plate K, and is provided with anaperture, 0, for the reception ofa snap-hook, which, when inserted,prevents all possibility of said clasp becoming disengaged, while'in thesaid Becker patent neither keeper b nor any equivalent therefor isshown. I do not, therefore, claim herein any devices shown in saidBecker patent.

I am aware that keepers for holdback-straps have heretofore been formedin two separate parts, in connection with clasps for connecting the endsof collars together; but noprovision is made in such device forfastening the hame to the clasps of the collar, while by my improvementsthe hames are secured to the clasp by the keepers N N, both ends ofwhich are rigidly affixed to the clasps.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a harne and collar fastener, the combination of the interlockingclasp D, plate K.cast in one piece therewith, provided with an aperture,0t, and the-locking mechanism consisting of the horizontal bolt A, knobE, and spiral spring D, located in the wall of said clasp, interlockingclasp A, and keeper 1), cast sisting of the horizontal bolt A, knob'E,and

spiral spring D, located in the wall of said clasp, interlocking claspA, and keeper b, cast in one piece with clasp A and provided with asnap-retaining aperture, 0, bolt-retaining recess 0, and hame-retainingloops N N, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH L. QUIGLEY. Witnesses:

.J-As. B. ERWIN,

E. R. INMAN.

